US2438140A - Combination plastic and metal building construction - Google Patents

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US2438140A
US2438140A US488248A US48824843A US2438140A US 2438140 A US2438140 A US 2438140A US 488248 A US488248 A US 488248A US 48824843 A US48824843 A US 48824843A US 2438140 A US2438140 A US 2438140A
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    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
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  • the present invention relates to a combination of metallic structural supporting elements and non-metallic structural members such as known 'forms of hardened plastics interengaged therewith.
  • An object of the invention is to combine metallic supporting members and hardened, preformed plastic structural members in such a way that they can be efiectively integrated in various types of building structures.
  • a further object 01' the invention is to combine preformed non-metallichardened plastic structural members with metallic supporting members in such a way that there is an interengagin overlapping connection between the plastic structural members and the metallic supporting members.
  • Figure 1 is a horizontal section through an upright structural support and related enclosing elements combined with plastic structural member interlocked with the supporting member.
  • Figure 2 is a view in horizontal section illustrating a modification of the construction shown in Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a horizontal section illustrating a further modification.
  • Figure 4 is a modification illustrating metallic upright structural building elements having flanged portions for engagement with grooves formed in the opposed edges of adjacent plastic panels.
  • Figure 5 is a view illustrative of upright metalribs 24 and 28 jointly forming a groove 28.
  • Sym-' lic structural elements having a portion of a preformed plastic structural element interposed therebetween, said element being formed with tongue portions for engagement with suitable grooves formed in coacting panels.
  • Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 illustrating slight modifications thereof.
  • numerals I0 and I2 represent upright metallic members having flanges I4 and I6 arranged back to back, thus forming a supporting member of T-shaped cross section.
  • a preformed, unitary plastic structural member indicated generally at I8 Juxtaposed to the flanged uprights there is a preformed, unitary plastic structural member indicated generally at I8 and which is formed with leg portions 20 and 22 spaced apart a sufficient distance to make a fairly snug fit with the exterior faces of the flanges II and it, which constitute the leg of the 'rshaped supporting member.
  • the leg 20 has projecting laterally therefrom spaced parallel metrically arranged on the other side of the center line of the ⁇ member l8 are similar ribs 34 and 36 defining the groove 38.
  • suitable plastic panels 40 and 42 Fitted within the grooves 28 and 38 are suitable plastic panels 40 and 42 which are adapted to form an enclosure for a building or the like.
  • the plastic panels and the member I8 are adapted to be formed by extrusion to the shapes shown.
  • the plastic structural member 48 is formed with legs 50 and 52 embracing the flanges I4 and iii of uprights I0 and I2.
  • single ton ue-like ribs 54 and 56 are interengaged with grooves 58 and 59 formed in the opposed edges of panel members 60 and 62.
  • the panels and 82 are formed with grooves 84 and 86 to receive the outwardly extended flanges 88 and 90 of upright metal channel members 92 and. 94 arranged back to back,
  • plastic structural members such as illustrated at l8 in Figure l and at 48 in Figure 2 and similar locations in the other figures are all v adapted to be preformed by extrusion.
  • plastic panels referred to may have the described groove and special configurations illustrated, formed therein by known methods of extruding plastics.
  • the various combinations illustrated and described can be readily and economically constructed and erectedand will be found in practice to serve their intended functions very effectively.
  • said channels receiving the edges of said panels.
  • means for joining said panels to said supporting member comprising an elongated preformed unitary plastic structural member having a plane-faced longitudinal groove free of re-entrant surfaces closely receiving the flat leg of said metallic supporting member, fastening means passing through the walls of said groove and through said leg, the edge faces of said panels having longitudinal grooves, and flanges on opposite faces of said plastic member received in the grooves of said panels.

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March 23, 1948 c. AUTEN 2,438,140
COMBINATION PLASTIC AND METAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed May 24, 1943 I I E- 5 p5 K IN VEN TOR.
BY: Z
6 6 firmems'x meme Mai-Q23, 1948 COMBINATION ms'rrc AND METAL BUILDING cous'rnuc rioni Claude I. Anton, Birmingham, Ala., assign orto Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, Birmingham, Ala., a corporation oi. Alabama Application May 24, rats, Serial No. 488,248 4 Claims. ('01. 189-34) 1 The present invention relates to a combination of metallic structural supporting elements and non-metallic structural members such as known 'forms of hardened plastics interengaged therewith. I
An object of the invention is to combine metallic supporting members and hardened, preformed plastic structural members in such a way that they can be efiectively integrated in various types of building structures.
A further object 01' the invention is to combine preformed non-metallichardened plastic structural members with metallic supporting members in such a way that there is an interengagin overlapping connection between the plastic structural members and the metallic supporting members. The above and further objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from examination of the accompanying drawings and consideration of the following description.
In the drawings:
. Figure 1 is a horizontal section through an upright structural support and related enclosing elements combined with plastic structural member interlocked with the supporting member.
Figure 2 is a view in horizontal section illustrating a modification of the construction shown in Figure 1. v
Figure 3 is a horizontal section illustrating a further modification.
Figure 4 is a modification illustrating metallic upright structural building elements having flanged portions for engagement with grooves formed in the opposed edges of adjacent plastic panels.
Figure 5 is a view illustrative of upright metalribs 24 and 28 jointly forming a groove 28. Sym-' lic structural elements having a portion of a preformed plastic structural element interposed therebetween, said element being formed with tongue portions for engagement with suitable grooves formed in coacting panels.
Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 illustrating slight modifications thereof.
Referring first to the embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 1. numerals I0 and I2 represent upright metallic members having flanges I4 and I6 arranged back to back, thus forming a supporting member of T-shaped cross section. Juxtaposed to the flanged uprights there is a preformed, unitary plastic structural member indicated generally at I8 and which is formed with leg portions 20 and 22 spaced apart a sufficient distance to make a fairly snug fit with the exterior faces of the flanges II and it, which constitute the leg of the 'rshaped supporting member. The leg 20 has projecting laterally therefrom spaced parallel metrically arranged on the other side of the center line of the\ member l8 are similar ribs 34 and 36 defining the groove 38. Fitted within the grooves 28 and 38 are suitable plastic panels 40 and 42 which are adapted to form an enclosure for a building or the like. The plastic panels and the member I8 are adapted to be formed by extrusion to the shapes shown.
In the modification of Figure 2, the plastic structural member 48 is formed with legs 50 and 52 embracing the flanges I4 and iii of uprights I0 and I2. In this embodiment of the invention single ton ue-like ribs 54 and 56 are interengaged with grooves 58 and 59 formed in the opposed edges of panel members 60 and 62.
In the modification of Figure 3, a similar construction is illustrated, in which case the extensions 64 and 66 of the plastic struc'tural member enga-ge' grooves 68 and 69 formed in the opposed edges of panels 10 and 12. The panels in this form are so arranged that the outer portions thereof are longer than the inner portions so that they substantially meet at the point I3, thus covering the extensions 64 and 66 while the inner portionsterminate at points 14 and 16 in close relation to the upright legs and TI.
In the construction of Figure 4, the panels and 82 are formed with grooves 84 and 86 to receive the outwardly extended flanges 88 and 90 of upright metal channel members 92 and. 94 arranged back to back,
In the modification of Figure 5, there is a substantially T-shaped plastic structural member having a web 96 disposed between a pair of spaced upright metal angle members 98 and I00.
, Extending laterally from the web 96 of the plastic structural member are opposite flanges I02 and I04 engaging grooves I06 and I08 formed in the opposed edges of panels H0 and H2 to thus interlock the panels with the plastic structural member.
The modification shown in Figure 6 is similar in many respects to that shown in Figure 5, the chief difierence being that there is an extended portion H4 between the adjacent inner edges of the panels H6 and H8.
In the embodiments of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, 5 and 6, the upright metallic supporting member and the unitary preformed plastic structural member, are
all secured in assembled relationship by a suit-' equivalent connection I20. In all of the embodiments of the invention illustrated it will be noted ber. The plastic structural members in some in-. stances, for example, as shown in Figures 5 and 6,
are so arranged that they serve as a heat insulatin; medium between the metallic members and they thus inhibit the conduction of heat between said metallic elements and the panels such, for
. example, as the panels 0 and H2.
The plastic structural members such as illustrated at l8 inFigure l and at 48 in Figure 2 and similar locations in the other figures are all v adapted to be preformed by extrusion. Similarly, the plastic panels referred to may have the described groove and special configurations illustrated, formed therein by known methods of extruding plastics. The various combinations illustrated and described can be readily and economically constructed and erectedand will be found in practice to serve their intended functions very effectively.
While I have described quite specificall the details and arrangements of the embodiments of the invention herein illustrated, it is to be understood that various modifications and rearrangements or substitutionsof equivalents may be made by those skilled in the art without departure from he invention as defined in the appended claims.
I claim:
1. In a building including panels extending in substantially the same plane and an elongated metallic supporting member of If-shaped crosssection at the juncture of a pair of panels, means for joining said panels to said supporting member comprising a preformed unitary plastic structural member having a longitudinal groove receiving the leg of said metallic supporting memcross-section having a flat leg at the junctureof a pair of panels, means for joining said panels to said supporting member comprising an elona pair of panels, means for joining said panels to said supporting member comprising an elongated preformed unitary plastic structural member having a plane-faced longitudinal groove free of re-entrant surfaces closely receiving the fiat leg of said metallicsupporting member, fastening means passing through the walls of said groove and through said leg, and flanges defining channels on opposite faces of said plastic member,
said channels receiving the edges of said panels.
4. In a building including panels and an'elon- I gated metallic supporting member of T-shaped cross-section having a flat leg at the juncture of 'a pair of panels, means for joining said panels to said supporting member comprising an elongated preformed unitary plastic structural member having a plane-faced longitudinal groove free of re-entrant surfaces closely receiving the flat leg of said metallic supporting member, fastening means passing through the walls of said groove and through said leg, the edge faces of said panels having longitudinal grooves, and flanges on opposite faces of said plastic member received in the grooves of said panels.
7 CLAUDE I. AU'IEN.
REFERENCES CI'IlED The following references are of record in the file of this patent: UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 479,275 Heywood July 19, 1892. 1,677,650 Nelson a July 17, 1928 1,942,871 McDonald Jan. 9,1934 1,945,124 Strauss Jam-30, 1934 2,103,407 Dean Dec. 28, 1937 2,189,137 Eichner Feb. 6,1940 2,233,335 Axe et a1. Feb. 25, 1941 2,294,556
Henderson Sept. 1, 1942
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